Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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News about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 13, 2015

French court clears former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of charges of aggravated pimping; case was rare instance of French public official having their personal life put in public view. MORE

Mar. 27, 2015

Filmmaker Abel Ferrara distances himself from version of his movie Welcome to New York, fictionalized account of rape scandal involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Manhattan hotel maid, which had been edited by producer Vincent Maraval for film's American release; takes particular issue with way Maraval's edit changes tone and intent of rape scene in movie. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Imminent conclusion of trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of abetting prostitution has many people in France wondering whether personal life of politicians now may be fair game, upending long-held taboo of invading privacy; Strauss-Kahn is likely to be acquitted. MORE

Feb. 11, 2015

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn testifies in French sex ring trial, acknowledging that he was part of orgies but denies knowing that women were prostitutes; Strauss-Kahn could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of abetting prostitution. MORE

Feb. 4, 2015

Nafissatou Diallo, former hotel housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault in 2011, has opened Chez Amina Restaurant in Bronx and lives quiet life; current prostitution trial of Strauss-Kahn in France has drawn new attention to Diallo, who wants to put past notariety behind her. MORE

Feb. 3, 2015

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial on charges that he was directly involved in operations of international prostitution ring; case has ignited debate about private lives of public officials and sexual morality in France. MORE

Jul. 1, 2014

Belgian court orders newly opened sex club called the DSK to change its name; ruling is another legal victory for the man known widely by those initials, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund who faced charges, later dropped, of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper in New York in 2011. MORE

May. 18, 2014

A beach-club celebration complete with whip and mask party favors is held for “Welcome to New York,” but the film has generated controversy in France. MORE

Mar. 20, 2014

The former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is seeking to drum up interest in the DSK Global Investment Fund, a “global macro fund.” MORE

Sep. 26, 2013

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund whose career was damaged by a series of sexual scandals, will join an investment banking boutique based in Luxembourg. MORE

Sep. 17, 2013

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund whose career has been buffeted by a series of sexual scandals, will become economic adviser to Serbian government. MORE

Jul. 27, 2013

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced chief of International Monetary Fund, is ordered to stand trail in France on charges linked to his involvement in a prostitution ring that prosecutors say operated in France and United States. MORE

Jul. 15, 2013

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former chief of the International Monetary Fund whose career unraveled in a series of sex scandals, was named a board member of a banking subsidiary of Rosneft. MORE

Jun. 12, 2013

Prosecutors in Lille are seeking to drop charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of International Monetary Fund, in connection with ring that recruited prostitutes for sex parties, saying there is insufficient evidence to keep him under formal investigation. MORE

Dec. 20, 2012

French appeals court rejects demand from Dominique Strauss-Kahn to dismiss investigation of him in connection with ring that recruited prostitutes for sex parties from Paris to Washington; Strauss-Kahn vows to challenge ruling. MORE

Dec. 11, 2012

Justice Douglas E McKeon of New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx announces settlement of civil lawsuit filed by Nafissatou Diallo against Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with incident in Midtown Manhattan hotel in May 2011; terms of settlement are not disclosed. MORE

Nov. 30, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought against him by Nafissatou Diallo, hotel housekeeper who accused Strauss-Kahn of attacking her in his Midtown Manhattan hotel room in 2011; attorneys for both parties are scheduled to appear in State Supreme Court in the Bronx in early December. MORE

Oct. 14, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of International Monetary Fund, is seeking to settle criminal inquiry into his ties to a prostitution ring in France with legal argument that authorities are unfairly trying to 'criminalize lust'; case against Strauss-Kahn offers view into clandestine practice in certain powerful circles of French society, where secret soirees often end with naked guests and public sex with multiple partners. MORE

Oct. 3, 2012

Prosecutors in Lille, France, drop a sexual assault investigation into Dominique Strauss-Kahn after Belgian escort recants her original account about a brutal encounter; Strauss-Kahn still faces a criminal charge of participating in an organized prostitution ring. MORE

Jun. 30, 2012

French tabloid Closer reports online that Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair have separated; the couple has yet to confirm or deny the report, but say they are suing the magazine. MORE

May. 22, 2012

Prosecutor's office in Lille, France, says that it has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a woman at a Washington, DC, hotel in 2010 when he was the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. MORE

May. 16, 2012

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo for knowingly making false rape accusations that he says damaged his political career; Diallo's civil suit against Strauss-Kahn still stands. MORE

May. 5, 2012

French prosecutors seek to widen investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund chief, to look into accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Washington hotel in 2010; Strauss-Kahn's lawyers denounce accusations, noting they come two days before hotly contested runoff vote for the French presidency. MORE

May. 2, 2012

Justice Douglas E McKeon of State Supreme Court in the Bronx rejects Dominique Strauss-Kahn's claim of diplomatic immunity in his effort to dismiss civil suit filed by Nafissatou Diallo, hotel housekeeper who claims he sexually assaulted her; McKeon notes that Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of International Monetary Fund before the suit was even filed. MORE

May. 2, 2012

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column notes Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund, continues to pop up at French Socialist Party functions, proving an embarrassment for France's Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande. MORE

May. 1, 2012

Joe Nocera Op-Ed column considers whether the 2011 sexual assault scandal surrounding former International Monetary Fund leader and French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn, which is recounted in Edward Jay Epstein's e-book Three Days in May, was a set-up by his enemies or the inevitable result of his womanizing ways; argues that either way, France is better off without him as its leader. MORE

Apr. 12, 2012

Lille Journal; Hotel Carlton de Lille in Lille, France, has sheltered prominent businessmen and Belgian prostitutes, many of them linked to the onetime favorite candidate for the French presidency, Dominique Strauss-Kahn; he is charged with pimping, over his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring that originally operated at the Carlton; prosecutors say ring arranged sex parties for businessmen and various hangers-on here, in Paris and even in Washington. MORE

Mar. 29, 2012

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whom prosecutors accused of raping hotel housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo in New York City before dropping charges against him last year, ask a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against their client, arguing that his former position as head of the International Monetary fund gives him diplomatic immunity. MORE

Mar. 27, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is released on bail after he is charged with involvement in a prostitution ring in Lille, France. MORE

Mar. 7, 2012

Cambridge Union Women’s Campaign, upset that Dominique Strauss-Kahn will speak at Cambridge University, invites Douglas Wigdor, the lawyer for the New York hotel maid who accused Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, to speak the same day. MORE

Feb. 22, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is held overnight for a second day of questioning in connection with an alleged prostitution ring operating in France and Belgium; police question Kahn about accusations of complicity related to a series of sex parties in 2010 and 2011 that may have been paid for with funds embezzled by two businessmen. MORE

Feb. 21, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund, will be questioned by French police investigating a suspected hotel prostitution ring in France and Belgium; police say they have questioned prostitutes who say they had sex with Strauss-Kahn in 2010 and 2011. MORE

Dec. 9, 2011

Surveillance footage showing both Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo in lobby of Sofitel hotel at different times on the day in question does little to illuminate what transpired inside Strauss-Kahn's hotel suite in the sexual assault case. MORE

Nov. 23, 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers say he has filed a lawsuit against the newspaper Le Figaro, claiming invasion of privacy, and will sue other publications for reporting his being linked to a prostitution ring. MORE

Oct. 20, 2011

Tristane Banon, French writer who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in 2003, says she will not pursue civil case against him. MORE

Oct. 14, 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn escapes criminal charges of attempted rape for second time this year, despite what prosecutors in France said was evidence of sexual assault; Strauss-Kahn's own testimony regarding his 2003 encounter with French writer Tristane Banon provided evidence of sexual assault, but prosecutors say, given three-year statute of limitations on that charge, no case would be brought. MORE

Aug. 28, 2011

Scott Turow Op-Ed article praises Manhattan district atty Cyrus Vance Jr for his decision to pull the plug on the prosecution of Dominique Strauss-Kahn for rape; expresses hope that the demanding and appropriate standard of reasonable doubt that Vance applied to this case is applied to all the case's that his office considers. MORE

The firm said it acted after the apparent suicide of Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s business partner last month and the discovery of previously unknown “financial commitments.” Mr. Strauss-Kahn was no longer with the firm.